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  • First Steam Engine Invented

    First Steam Engine Invented

    Giovanni Branca invents an engine powered by boiling water and directing its steam past a turbine causing it to spin.
  • Commerecial Production of Coal Begins

    Commerecial Production of Coal Begins

    Commercial production of coal begins near Richmond, Virginia
  • Ben Franklin Discovers That Lightning is Electricity

    Ben Franklin Discovers That Lightning is Electricity

  • Oil Used In Street Lamps

    Oil Used In Street Lamps

    In 1816 Baltimore, Marlyland street lamps were lit with oil made form coal. Baltimore was the first city in the country to do this.
  • First Electric Motor is Created

    First Electric Motor is Created

    Michael Farady developed the first electric motor in 1821.
  • Oil First Drilled

    Oil First Drilled

    Edwin Drake first drills for oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
  • First Coal Power Station Opened

    First Coal Power Station Opened

    Thomas Edison opened the first coal-fired power station in 1882.
  • First Successful Car

    First Successful Car

    Henry Ford introduced the first successful car, the Model T which could run on gasolin or ethanol in 1908.
  • First Liquified Matural Gas Plant Opened

    First Liquified Matural Gas Plant Opened

    The first liquified natural gas plant opened in West Viginia in 1912.
  • Oil BecomesThe Most Popular Form of Energy

    Oil BecomesThe Most Popular Form of Energy

    Due to the use of cars oi becomes the most common form of energy.